Spanish Grammar

Pronunciation & Accents
Gender & Def./Indef. Articles Subject Pronouns
The Verb Ser
Plural Nouns & Adjectives
The Calendar
Cardinal & Ordinal Numbers
Telling Time

Hay
Verbs - The Present Tense
The Verb Ir
The Verb Tener
The Verb Estar
Ser vs. Estar
Possessive Adjectives
Possessive Pronouns

Stem-Changing Verbs
Object Pronouns
The Verb Gustar
The Weather

Reflexive Verbs
Por vs. Para
Demonstratives
The Verb Acabar de
The Verb Volver a
The Past Tense - Pretérito Prepositions
Informal Commands

The Past Tense - Imperfecto
Preterit vs. Imperfect
Past Participles
Present Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Tense
The Subjunctive
Formal Commands
The Future Tense
The Conditional Tense

The Present Perfect tense

Learn Spanish: The Past Perfect Tense in Spanish

This learn Spanish grammar lesson is on the Spanish past perfect tense. In the previous learn Spanish grammar lesson, we dicussed the present perfect tense in Spanish. The past perfect tense is often used when relating two events which happened in the past. In Spanish, as in English, the past perfect tense express an action, state or event that was already completed before the start of another past action, state or event.

The past perfect tense in Spanish is formed by using the imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb Haber with the past participle of the verb that expresses the action or state.

Forming the Past Perfect Tense in Spanish:

Present tense of haber + past participle

The present perfect is used to describe past events or actions that have been going on up to the present.

Some words like: esta semana, este mes/año, este verano/ invierno, este fin de semana will take the present perfect tense.